History of Trodian Oligarchy

In Oe1460 the DeMarc Family, one of the wealthiest families in Vallos were pushed from political influence by a cooperative interested in seeing them stripped of power. Fearing their loss of status, a contingent of 12 DeMarc families and almost 400 loyal supporters set out on an expedition to officlaly found the godcity of Trodia, which JoVess Astaire had discovered almost 30 years before. The godcity had technically been founded by another wealthy Vallosian family, the Tristanne Family, but they had used the land as an exploration base. The DeMarc settlement was the first which truly strived to be a sovereign city.

The DeMarcs established an oligarchic system of governing, where the heads of each of the individual DeMarc families voted equally on issues, and in the event of a tie the vote would go to an internally elected kal, or military leader. This system was adopted under the Trodian Constitution, written in OE1460 and signed by the DeMarc family as well as the now-minority Tristanne Family. Power was shifted by a vote (voters were only slave and/or landowners). Once voted into power, a family would govern until they were voted out.


 * Oe1460-1107- DeMarc Family (aggressive and recurring many times over Triadic History)
 * Oe1107-1083- Fesann Family (peaceful, aim to acquire wealth)
 * Oe1083-1001- DeMarc
 * Oe1001-863- Tristanne Family (Largely peaceful, only other family to gain power multiple times)
 * Oe863-705- DeMarc (the successful takeover of Groftbay, 2253-68, Acros Campaign, Speech of Henri DeMarc)
 * Oe705-306- Tristanne (Longest rule of any family, brought prosperity and wealth to Triada, very religious and peaceful)
 * Oe306-305- Ostrean Family (shortest rule, overwhelmed by duties and power)
 * Oe305-296- Graeyson Family (very religious,
 * Oe296-Ne23- DeMarc Family (Traidic Expansion)
 * Ne23-76- Erris Family (from the New Vallos city of Erris, the first outsiders to gain power in the history of Triada)
 * Ne76-236- Tristanne (given power by Erris family, in hopes of establishing good relations)
 * Ne356-385- Fordrane Family (Rumored to be descendants of Ferals, showed aggression against Erristan Kingdom to gain old DeMarc support. )
 * Ne385-present- DeMarc (Gained power during the Grasslands War)